Hello Dear One!

Have you ever struggled with throwing away the spoils of a celebratory time, but also didn’t want to keep all that leftover loot in your house as well for fear of EATING IT ALL?!?

Or even worse, have you brought home (or left) said booty in your house and consumed it either at a more rapid rate than intended, or even ALL AT ONCE so that it would be gone for good??!??

If so, please know that you are in GREAT company.

I got you.

Ok, a couple tactics that might be of use.

#1. OUT OF SIGHT = OUT OF MIND

This is the TRUTH.

We think about what we see, and when ANYTHING is out of our sight it is FAR less likely to get our attention.

So if you want to NOT act on the cookies, leftover pizza, WINE, heavenly homemade bread, chips, or sexy pasta dish – get it out of view.

So WHERE do we put it???

My number one storage place of choice?

THE FREEZER.

Some things belong in a cupboard, and if so – simply put them behind other less enticing offerings, but the items that have a little more of a delicate shelf life – put those items in the ice box please!

Most people’s freezer’s see less action, AND the items are often less discernible due to needing to be wrapped up and how the contrast of cold air can obscure more than reveal.

Additionally, because you WILL be eating these items in the future – portion them out!

Cut up bread.  Put casseroles/pasta dishes into individual portions.  Divvy up the desserts so when you want SOME (and not ALL), you don’t have to defrost the whole shebang (and have the original problem you were facing in the first place!).

#2. HAVE IT LATER

When we tell ourselves NO repeatedly (especially when we’re not telling ourselves YES! most of the time) it is EASY for our beings to rebel.

So when you’re gunning for the rest of the chocolate cake or sexy calzone that is now in the freezer (or fridge), and you ideally don’t want to eat it RIGHT NOW, or even today – make a date with yourself to have it LATER.

Make it special.

Make yourself feel special for having this treat.

And each time your mind wanders back to the diabolical offering that you know you’d regret having now, keep reassuring yourself that you’ll be able to have it later.

That it will be so delicious later today, or even TOMORROW.

We are like children, and when we give ourselves a reasonable place holder for something we’re fixated on – we tend to be able to chill out, back down and be satisfied with an alternative.

#3. EAT IT LAST IN YOUR MEAL

This is something that is remarkably simple, but not overly obvious.

I talk about this with my fat burners, and a wonderful part of Fat Burning Mastery is the process of getting reacquainted with your body’s feedback – fullness being one of them.

And what’s also of great benefit to being in a fat burning mode is being less hungry overall.

So EVEN IF you are hell bent on doing some damage on the chocolate cream pie your aunt made for your cousin’s belated birthday party – if you eat it LAST in your meal (with the aim to get full on more appropriate fuel) you won’t be ABLE to eat a staggering amount.

Have it, just aim to stop when you’re full.

If you follow that intention you’ll never run that far off course.

And lastly…

#4. DISENGAGE FROM BINGING

So truth be told, these techniques are HELPFUL – but if you’re really wrestling with out of control eating – stepping away from the cycle of binging is ESSENTIAL for really having a say in the matter.

The two biggest things that have helped me disengage from this pattern are:

A) Feeling my feelings, and letting my feelings inform me of what I need to do.

A part of Fat Burning Mastery is a practice called Spring Cleaning, which I also do with coaching clients and do personally multiple times a week.

It is incredibly freeing to voice what’s so in a safe container and get what’s inside outside and to feel more conscious and connected to yourself as a result.

and B) Following the steps I spell out in the Unbound Podcast, “Binging & the Brain“ (based on the book, “Brain Over Binge”)

In that sharing (based on that book) I talk about how this pattern was more than likely created in the first place, and how to disengage it.

Life changing.

I encourage all who wrestle to check it out. 

Over and over again please. 

The largest step to disengagement with binging is to NOT BINGE, and as OBNOXIOUS as that sounds to suggest, I swear that by following the steps spelled out that I learned about – it has stopped THE IMPULSE to binge almost entirely, or to enable me to step away if I do feel a pull.

HUGE.

So that’s it!

A solid handful of how to approach the food that you don’t/do want in your house and have felt a sense of anxiety or fear in having it there.

Follow these guidelines and see how you do.

Would love to hear back about how it goes.

 

To getting you clearer on how the body works, and how to make it work for you.  

xox, M